Heartbreaking! 7-month-old Baby 'Abandoned' By Parents During Chaos At Kabul Airport

With the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the scramble of panicked and desperate residents to leave the country has triggered a major refugee crisis. Several horrific visuals are emerging from the Afghanistan capital since Taliban took control. Hundreds are attempting to flee the incoming regime.

While a video showed hundreds surrounding a taxiing aircraft on Kabul airport, another showed a stampede and chaos as people tried to board the last flights leaving Kabul before the airport was shut.

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Infant waiting to be reunited with parents

Another gut-wrenching visual emerged on August 17 which is reportedly from the same chaos that unfolded at Kabul Airport. The photograph, which was posted by the A?vaka news agency on Twitter, shows an infant who was reportedly separated from parents during the chaos at Kabul airport.

The child, who according to the agency is no older than seven months, is now waiting to be united with parents with the help of authorities issuing missing announcements on social media.

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The infant's parents allegedly live in PD-5, Kabul, as reported by Afghanistan's Asvaka News Agency which is helping the family find their lost baby.

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News agency helping the infant

"The A?vaka news agency is trying to help them find their baby through missing announcements on social media," the news agency posted from its official handle on Twitter.

The photographs attached by the news agency show the infant who was reportedly separated from parents at the Kabul airport during the scramble to leave the country.

While netizens expressed their anguish at the Taliban for the fate of the seven-month-old infant along with many others who saw their lives come down to ruin with the Taliban offensive, several Twitter users also came out with scathing remarks against international agencies as well as the United States for allowing such a situation to unfold.

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Perhaps the most haunting visual to emerge from the Kabul chaos was of two persons, who were clinging to an aircraft in desperation to flee the country, falling from the sky after losing grip mid-air.